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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
• element:
    1. I. A first principle, constituent part:
      1. 1. ĕlĕmentum: those are called first principles, and to translate from the Greek e.s, illa initia (ἀρχαί), et ut e Graeco vertam elementa, Cic. Acad. 1, 7, 26: also used in sing., Plin.
      2. 2. (only in pl.) princĭpia rerum, Cic.; who adds, e quibus omnia constant, Acad. 2, 36, fin.
      3. 3. ĭnĭtia, orum (also only pl.): v. supr. 1.
      4. 4. prīmordia, orum (also only pl.): to unite the e.s in pairs, conduplicare pr. rerum, Lucr. 1, 713: it is the term most freq. used by Lucr. of his elemental atoms, 1, 815, etc. Phr.: to be formed out of four e.s, quatuor ex rebus creari, Lucr.: (Thales) affirmed water to be the one primary e., ex aqua dixit constare omnia, Cic. Acad. 2, 37: (the Pythagoreans) make numbers and mathematical principles to be the primary e.s, ex numeris et mathematicorum initiis proficisci volunt omnia, Cic. l. c.
    2. II. Of a science or art: in pl. only:
      1. 1. princĭpia, ōrum (first principles), Cic.: v. principles.
      2. 2. ĕlĕmenta, ōrum: the e.s of speaking, e. loquendi, Cic. Acad. 2, 28, fin.: Quint.
      3. 3. prīmordia, ōrum: the e.s of speaking, pr. dicendi, Quint.
      4. 4. rŭdīmenta, ōrum: v. rudiments.
    3. III. Proper region or field: Phr.: to be out of one's e. in anything, peregrinum atque hospitem in aliqua re esse, Cic. de Or. 1, 50, fin.: to move freely, and as if in its own element, libere ac solute [quasi in proprio suo campo] moveri, cf. Cic. Div. 2, 48, 100.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• ELEMENT
  • elementum. The elements, principia rerum, e quibus omnia constant: the four elements, quatuor elementa: quatuor initia rerum: quatuor nota illa genera principiorum, e quibus omnia oriuntur: water the fourth element, quartum aquarum elementum. We alone bend the most powerful elements to our will, quas res violentissimas natura genuit, earum moderationem nos soli habemus.
  • Of a science, etc., elementa. [Vid: RUDIMENTS.] To be out of one’s element in anything, in aliqua re peregrinum atque hospitem esse.
GRG Georges (1)
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Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (8th ed., 1913/1918). Digitized data accessed from latin-dict.github.io and is in the public domain.
Element,
I. Grundstoff, Urstoff: elementum.
natura (Urwesen, Ursubstanz).
principium (Grundstoff).
die Elemente, principia rerum, ex quibus omnia constantod. oriuntur: die vier Elemente, quattuor elementa; quattuor initia rerum
in beiden Elementen, im Wasser und auf der Erde leben, aquam terramque incolere; humi et in umore vivere
II. übtr.:
a. Bestandteil etc.: membrum (gleichs. Glied, z.B. haec membra … religiones, auspicia, potestates magistratuum etc.).
particula (gleichs. Teilchen, z.B. sine ulla particula iustitiae [ohne ein noch so geringes El. von Ger.] vivere non posse).
genus (Gattung, Kategorie, z.B. hoc genus totum).
ratio (Verhältnis, z.B. domestica ratio [das El. der innern Politik]).
res (Sache übh., z.B. duae res contrariae).
Zuw. wird »Element« auch bloß durch das Neutrum des Pronomens ausgedrückt, z.B. dieses, jenes (genannte) E., hoc, illud: diese beiden entgegengesetzten Elemente, duo haec contraria.
Insbes.,
α. die Elemente, die Anfangsgründe des Unterrichts: prima discentium elementa, im Zshg. bl. prima elementa (im allg.).
primae litterae (im Lesen und Schreiben).
β. die Anfangsgründe einer Wissenschaft, elementa (z.B. loquendi).
principia (z.B. grammatices).
b. die Lebensbedingung: vita (z.B. der Wein ist sein E., eius in vino vita).